1. HNL preview: Can Istra 1961 edge out victory against Šibenik?

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Competition: Croatia 1. HNL
Competition: Sat 07.May
Match begins: 17:05 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion Aldo Drosina (9800 seats)

Istra 1961 are welcoming Šibenik for yet another crucial fixture after their 1-2 result against 8th-placed Šibenik.

Insights:
  • Istra 1961 is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Šibenik have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL

Istra 1961 can neither be promoted or relegated from 1. HNL. Šibenik is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It's no vacation for neither Istra 1961 nor Šibenik as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Istra 1961 form and stats

Istra 1961's results here at Stadion Aldo Drosina in the 1. HNL have been very modest with 5 victories, 2 draws and 10 defeats. When Istra 1961 hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Slaven Koprivnica, Istra 1961 and Hrvatski Dragovoljac), they have won 2 of 3 matches! All in all it has been a very rough period for Istra 1961 who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 13 attempts. Their previous win was against Gorica, 99 days ago.

Istra's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Šibenik (placed 8th). Midfielder Mlinar was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Mlinar hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 46 total).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Osijek the opponent.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Istra 1961 handle that role? We have found four games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and one defeat.

The Istra fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 28 goals in 17 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Šibenik form and stats

There's been little loot from Šibenik's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 17 away games in the 1. HNL. Šibenik only have 3 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 4 draws.

Two trips in a row for Šibenik, whose coach Računica could celebrate last time after the win against Istra 1961. Goalkeeper Đaković was absolutely vital in the Šibenik victory against Istra 1961, making six saves.

Preceding that, the 3-5 home loss versus Rijeka.

Šibenik are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

Šibenik have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 20 goals have been scored. The Šibenik manager Računica has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Istra 1961 and Šibenik have met earlier this season: Istra 1961 - Šibenik 1-2. Previous ten meetings with these teams: Istra 1961 won four, Šibenik triumphed in six and we saw zero draws. six games with more than 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

IstraD. Dijon
D. Dijon
13 goals
ŠibenikI. Delić
I. Delić
9 goals
ŠibenikA. Marin
A. Marin
8 goals

Istra 1961 missing players

Šibenik missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Istra 1961 Šibenik
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
34 17 3 Played P 4 17 34
6 5 2 Won W 0 3 9
10 2 0 Drew D 3 4 5
18 10 1 Lost L 1 10 20
38 28 7 Scored S 4 20 45
63 34 3 Conceded C 6 36 71
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 91%
59% 76% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 65% 68%
29% 35% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 35% 35%
9% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 18% 21%
62% 76% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 76% 71%
15% 12% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 3%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 24% 26%
 
3.5 3.6 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.3 4.1
4.9 4.8 4.3 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 6.8 6.4
2.8 2.7 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
4 3 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
8 9.1 10.7 Shots (avg) S ( 8 9.1 9.7
3.4 4.2 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.1 4.1
33% 39% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 32%
 
11.1 10.4 10.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.8 14.9 14.3
4.7 4.8 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 6.7 6.6
Key stats in 1. HNL this season:
  • All of Istra 1961's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Istra 1961 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Istra 1961 haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Istra 1961 is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Šibenik have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Šibenik have the fewest clean sheets (0) away in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 1. HNL
  • Šibenik haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 33 21 7 5 60 21 16 10 4 2 32 10 17 11 3 3 28 11 39 70
2 Hajduk Split 33 19 9 5 57 27 17 11 3 3 26 10 16 8 6 2 31 17 30 66
3 Osijek 33 18 11 4 47 25 17 10 5 2 25 12 16 8 6 2 22 13 22 65
4 Rijeka 33 19 4 10 68 46 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 9 2 6 34 26 22 61
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 34 11 13 10 53 48 17 8 7 2 29 17 17 3 6 8 24 31 5 46
6 Gorica 34 11 8 15 40 49 17 4 6 7 24 30 17 7 2 8 16 19 -9 41
7 Slaven Koprivnica 34 9 8 17 32 49 17 4 5 8 15 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -17 35
8 Šibenik 34 9 5 20 45 71 17 6 1 10 25 35 17 3 4 10 20 36 -26 32
9 Istra 1961 34 6 10 18 38 63 17 5 2 10 28 34 17 1 8 8 10 29 -25 28
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 34 4 7 23 31 72 17 2 6 9 15 28 17 2 1 14 16 44 -41 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dinamo Zagreb 33 21 7 5 60 21 16 10 4 2 32 10 17 11 3 3 28 11 39 70
2 Hajduk Split 33 19 9 5 57 27 17 11 3 3 26 10 16 8 6 2 31 17 30 66
3 Osijek 33 18 11 4 47 25 17 10 5 2 25 12 16 8 6 2 22 13 22 65
4 Rijeka 33 19 4 10 68 46 16 10 2 4 34 20 17 9 2 6 34 26 22 61
5 Lokomotiva Zagreb 34 11 13 10 53 48 17 8 7 2 29 17 17 3 6 8 24 31 5 46
6 Gorica 34 11 8 15 40 49 17 4 6 7 24 30 17 7 2 8 16 19 -9 41
7 Slaven Koprivnica 34 9 8 17 32 49 17 4 5 8 15 22 17 5 3 9 17 27 -17 35
8 Šibenik 34 9 5 20 45 71 17 6 1 10 25 35 17 3 4 10 20 36 -26 32
9 Istra 1961 34 6 10 18 38 63 17 5 2 10 28 34 17 1 8 8 10 29 -25 28
10 Hrvatski Dragovoljac 34 4 7 23 31 72 17 2 6 9 15 28 17 2 1 14 16 44 -41 19

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